Watch: MoS Anurag Thakur Becomes First Serving Union Minister To Be Promoted As Captain In Territorial Army
Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament and Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur on Wednesday (10 March) became the first serving union minister to be promoted as Captain in the Territorial Army as a regular commissioned officer, reports
ANI.
Thakur, a four-time BJP MP from Himachal Pradesh s Hamirpur, has been promoted to the rank of Captain at 124 Infantry Battalion Territorial Army (Sikh).
Notably, he was commissioned into the Territorial Army as a Lieutenant by then Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Dalbir S Suhag TA in July 2016.
Anurag Thakur 1st Minister to become TA Captain as Commissioned Officer
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Anurag Thakur. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, March 10 : Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur on Wednesday became the first serving MP and Minister to become Captain in the Territorial Army as a regular Commissioned Officer.
The four time BJP MP from Himachal Pradesh s Hamirpur was commissioned into the Territorial Army as a Lieutenant by the then Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Dalbir S. Suhag TA in July 2016.
Thakur said: I am extremely honoured to have been promoted to the rank of Captain. I would like to reaffirm my commitment for serving the people and the call of duty towards mother India .
Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Wednesday became the first serving MP to be appointed as Captain in the Territorial Army. The four-time BJP MP from Himachal Pradesh s Hamirpur was commissioned into the Territorial Army as a Lieutenant by the then Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Dalbir S Suhag TA in July 2016, accord
Anurag Thakur, who became first serving BJP MP to become captain in Territorial Army as a regular commissioned officer.
NEW DELHI: Union minister of state for finance and corporate affairs Anurag Thakur on Wednesday became the first serving BJP MP and party minister to become Captain in the Territorial Army as a regular commissioned officer.
The BJP MP from Himachal Pradesh’s Hamirpur was commissioned into the Territorial Army as a Lieutenant by the then Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Dalbir S Suhag TA in July 2016 as a Lieutenant.
“Today I am honoured to share, I have been promoted to the rank of Captain” Thakur, who was recently tasked by his party to look after high-decibel DDC local bod polls in Jammu and Kashmir, told TOI.
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